Replay Rule
9. June 2010 | 06:29Fox Sports: MLB should follow NFL policy on instant replay
(Note: Mike Pereira was the NFL’s Vice President of Officiating from 2004-09, after spending the previous five seasons as the league’s Director of Officiating.) Would you like to know how Jim Joyce feels? Just ask Earnie Frantz or Ed Hochuli. It was Earnie Frantz who kept the Seattle… (News Source: New York Post - 21:46:30)
Blame replay rule, not ump Joyce, for botched call
Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers is one out from a perfect game. Jason Donald of the Cleveland Indians hits a fly ball, high and deep, right down the line. The umpire signals home run. The perfect game is lost. (News Source: Lawrence Journal-World - 09:36:32)
WEAVER: It’s time, once again, to revisit replay rule in MLB
Major League Baseball needs to expand instant replay. I know all of Detroit is with me. Twenty eight year old Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga had a perfect game snatched from him after a horribly blown call by first base umpire Jim Joyce with two outs in the top of the ninth inning Wednesday night. Cleveland Indians’ shortstop Jason Donald rolled a harmless ground ball toward second … (News Source: Morgan Hill Times - 19:04:03)
Five Lines Or Less
Every Tuesday two Enquirer sports writers will talk sports as if you were listening to them around the office. And just like in real life, no one gets to spew opinions for long. The Rules of 5 Lines or Less are anything is open for discussion, the only rule is has to be done in five lines or less. (News Source: Battle Creek Enquirer - 08:39:24)
Carlisle: Labelling officials biased is definitely a bad call
Back in my college days I took a baseball umpiring class. Hey, it was an easy way to get an A in P.E. Or at least I thought it would be. The rulebook part of the class was easy; some obscure stuff about obstruction, interference and the infield fly rule, but not bad. But then the baseball coach who was teaching the class took us out onto the diamond and my confidence got rocked big time. (News Source: Ventura County Star - 06:01:00)
Davis’s Homer Gives Mets Ninth Straight Win at Home
Mike Pelfrey dominated the Padres over nine innings, and Ike Davis’s homer leading off the 11th won the game. (News Source: New York Times - 03:23:52)
These perfect iPhone apps for umpire Jim Joyce and other notable sports figures are safe bets
While millions of consumers will soon pencil in new iPhones to their multimedia rotations, Apple really should be taking a swing at developing a state-of-the-art instant replay system for Major League Baseball. (News Source: appolicious - 15:55:20)
Instant replay probably won’t happen instantly
A day after the Jim Joyce call, one thing almost everyone agrees on — myself included — is that baseball needs to expand instant replay beyond the current boundary calls rule. The problem is that it’s not at all clear… (News Source: NBC Sports: HardballTalk - 14:45:50)
KIonke: Tigers’ scorer stands by call
DETROIT - Ever since I started doing the official scoring at Tigers games in 1982, there’s been one thing I’ve always dreaded. (News Source: Dearborn Press & Guide - 20:17:31)
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